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href="../psalms/32.htm" title="Psalm 32">◄</a> Psalm 33 <a href="../psalms/34.htm" title="Psalm 34">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/psalms/33.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/33-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Let the godly sing for joy to the LORD;</p><p class="line2">it is fitting for the pure to praise him.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/33-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Praise the LORD with melodies on the lyre;</p><p class="line2">make music for him on the ten-stringed harp.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/33-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Sing a new song of praise to him;</p><p class="line2">play skillfully on the harp, and sing with joy.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/33-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For the word of the LORD holds true,</p><p class="line2">and we can trust everything he does.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/33-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>He loves whatever is just and good;</p><p class="line2">the unfailing love of the LORD fills the earth.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/33-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The LORD merely spoke,</p><p class="line2">and the heavens were created.</p><p class="line1">He breathed the word,</p><p class="line2">and all the stars were born.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/33-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He assigned the sea its boundaries</p><p class="line2">and locked the oceans in vast reservoirs.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/33-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Let the whole world fear the LORD,</p><p class="line2">and let everyone stand in awe of him.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/33-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For when he spoke, the world began!</p><p class="line2">It appeared at his command.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/33-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations</p><p class="line2">and thwarts all their schemes.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/33-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But the LORD’s plans stand firm forever;</p><p class="line2">his intentions can never be shaken.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/33-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>What joy for the nation whose God is the LORD,</p><p class="line2">whose people he has chosen as his inheritance.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/33-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The LORD looks down from heaven</p><p class="line2">and sees the whole human race.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/33-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>From his throne he observes</p><p class="line2">all who live on the earth.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/33-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He made their hearts,</p><p class="line2">so he understands everything they do.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/33-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The best-equipped army cannot save a king,</p><p class="line2">nor is great strength enough to save a warrior.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/33-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Don’t count on your warhorse to give you victory—</p><p class="line2">for all its strength, it cannot save you.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/33-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But the LORD watches over those who fear him,</p><p class="line2">those who rely on his unfailing love.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/33-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He rescues them from death</p><p class="line2">and keeps them alive in times of famine.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/33-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>We put our hope in the LORD.</p><p class="line2">He is our help and our shield.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/33-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>In him our hearts rejoice,</p><p class="line2">for we trust in his holy name.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/33-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Let your unfailing love surround us, LORD,</p><p class="line2">for our hope is in you alone.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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